PKEFACE. V 



ceive it unworthy of the greatest mortals to coiiteni- 

 pLate the miracles of Nature ; and that as they 

 are more visible in the smallest and most con- 

 temptihle creatures (for there most lively do the\' 

 express the infinite power and wisdom of the great 

 Creator), and erect and draw the minds of the 

 most intelligent to the first and prime Cause of all 

 things ; teaching them as the power, so the presence, 

 of the Deity in the smallest insects." 



London, 1845. 



